---
title: Schedule a growth plan check-in conversation
description: Use the Career Conversations app to schedule a check-in conversation with your employee or manager about a growth plan explicitly related to the employee's career advancement within your organization.
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release: australia
product: Career Conversations
classification: career-conversations
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Using the Career Conversations application, Career Conversations, Growth Experiences, HR Service Delivery, Employee Service Management]
---

# Schedule a growth plan check-in conversation

Use the Career Conversations app to schedule a check-in conversation with your employee or manager about a growth plan explicitly related to the employee's career advancement within your organization.

## Before you begin

You must install the Career Conversations application to access it from the Employee Center.

You must provide your employees with a license to enable access to the Career Conversations app. For more information about employee licensing, refer to [License Talent Development Core users](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/talent-development-core/egd-employee-profile-licensing.md).

You must configure integration between the Career Conversations application and Microsoft® Outlook®. This integration enables you to view your employee or manager's calendar as it appears in Microsoft Outlook so you can schedule a meeting for your conversation during the conversation creation process. For more information about the integration process with Microsoft Outlook, refer to [Integrating with Microsoft Outlook](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/customer-service-management/integrating-with-microsoft-outlook.md).

You must update system properties to enable integration between the Career Conversations application and Microsoft Outlook. For more information about updating the required system properties, refer to [Set system properties for Microsoft Outlook integration](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/career-conversations/egd-admin-sys-properties-outlook.md).

An employee must create and share a growth plan with their manager.

Role required: employee \[sn\_egd\_act.employee\] or manager \[sn\_egd\_act.manager\]

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Self-Service** > **Employee Center**.

2.  Use the navigation path that corresponds to your role within your organization to access the Growth plans module.

    |Role|Path|
    |----|----|
    |**Employee**|**Your career** > **Growth plans**|
    |**Manager**|**Your team** > **Growth plans**|

3.  Use the widget that corresponds to your role within your organization to select the growth plan for which you want to create a conversation.

    |Role|Widget|
    |----|------|
    |**Employee**|Your growth plans|
    |**Manager**|Your team's growth plans|

4.  In the topic header widget, select the **More growth plan actions** \(vertical ellipsis\) icon.

    **Tip:** The topic header widget is the widget that reflects the name of the growth plan.

5.  Select **Edit plan**.

6.  In the Plan activities widget, select the Add an activity drop-down list.

7.  Select **Check-in**.

    The Add check-in activity panel appears.

8.  Select **Add**.

    A new activity for a check-in conversation appears in the Plan activities widget.

9.  Select the activity for the check-in conversation you created.

    The Activity details panel appears.

10. Select **Schedule conversation**.

    The Schedule a conversation panel appears.

11. In the panel, set the following fields.

<table id="table_mtf_wgx_zzb"><thead><tr><th>

Field

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Conversation title

</td><td>

Name of the conversation. This field is automatically set to **Check in and review your progress with your manager**.You can change the value.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Date

</td><td>

Date of the conversation. The format is `<YYYY-MM-DD>`. You can use the **Show Calendar for Date** icon to select a date.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Start

</td><td>

The time at which the meeting starts. You can use the calendar that appears in this panel to determine availability for the date you specified in the **Date** field.

</td></tr><tr><td>

End

</td><td>

The time at which the meeting ends. You can use the calendar that appears in this panel to determine availability for the date you specified in the **Date** field.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>12. Select **Send invite**.


## Result

A meeting for a conversation is scheduled on both yours and the recipient's calendar in Microsoft Outlook.

## What to do next

Update the agenda for your upcoming conversation by using the link in the meeting invitation email.

**Parent Topic:**[Using the Career Conversations application](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/career-conversations/egd-activities-use.md)